The next Artist You Need To Know is Oscar Cahén (1916 – 1956). Cahén (sometimes spelled Oscar Cahen) was a Canadian painter and illustrator and is an interesting study in contradictions within an artist’s practice. He is, on the one hand, well known for being a...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Tony Urquhart (1934 – 2022). Urquhart was a Canadian painter who was a groundbreaking and widely recognized abstractionist in the 1950s and 1960s and instrumental in helping to define Canadian abstract painting. He is also renowned...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Jack Shadbolt (1909 – 1998). Shadbolt was a painter who was one of the most significant Canadian artists of the post World War II era : he was important both for his abstracted and expressionistic works but also as a teacher....
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Dennis Geden. Geden works primarily in painting and printmaking : his aesthetic is focused primarily on contemporary and historical figurative / narrative art in manners both serious and playful. He was born in North Bay, Ontario,...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Marion Nicoll (1909 – 1985). Nicoll is often cited as one of the first abstract painters in the history of art in the province of Alberta. She was a trailblazer in other ways, including becoming the first woman instructor at the...
